UID:
edocfu_9959235180702883
Format:
1 online resource (409 p.)
ISBN:
9786610501601
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1-280-50160-X
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0-7486-2687-5
Content:
Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles and racketeering are what for many define their image of the Ulster Defence Association. This book explores issues such as the UDA's descent into criminality and its relationship with the 'secret war' conducted by Britain's undercover services.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Joining Up: The Origins of the UDA; 2 Victory: The UDA and the 1974 Ulster Workers' Council Strike; 3 After the Strike: Political Initiatives and Political Defeats; 4 The Campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement and 'Common Sense'; 5 The UDA at War; 6 Fighting On; 7 Simply the Best: the Rise of Johnny Adair and C Company; 8 Ceasefire and an Uncertain Peace; 9 Signing Up to Peace? The UDA's Road to the Good Friday Agreement; 10 War within Loyalism; 11 Endgame for Johnny Adair; 12 A 'Post-War' UDA and the Issue of Collusion
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13 Hands across the Sea: The UDA in ScotlandPostscript; Appendix A Brief Biographies; Appendix B A Chronology of the Troubles; Appendix C Organisations and Initials; Appendix D Responsibility for Deaths, 1966–2003; References and Sources; Index;
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-2426-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-2427-9
Language:
English
